Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

In the U.S., dysentery is commonly associated with 19th-century pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail — thanks in large part ...

Nearly 150 years ago, a physician scientist named Theodor Escherich isolated a rod-shaped bacterium from the gut of an infant. That bacterium was E. coli, and it would go on to revolutionize science.

A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

Clostridium botulinum is a rod-shaped bacteria that produces lethal toxins under low-oxygen conditions that can cause botulism, leading to difficulty breathing, respiratory and muscle paralysis ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc, a leading provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics solutions, has unveiled the ...

What is Bacillus cereus? Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in soil, vegetation, and food. It is known for producing two types of toxins: those causing ...

The artificial cell’s “birth length," as Weady described it, was about two micrometers by one micrometer and resembled a rod-shaped bacterium like Escherichia coli. The particles grew in proportion to ...

monocytogenes in food samples." L. monocytogenes, a rod-shaped Gram-positive bacterium widely distributed in nature, can contaminate foods and has a high mortality rate of 20–30%. Rapid and ...